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15 June 2005 @ 09:40 am

can it be Monday again?

Wednesday is my one-on-one day with my manager, where I have to come up with persuasive evidence that I've been doing my job to the best of my abilities. This week, I have two hours and ten minutes in which to prepare that evidence before the meeting.

I thought I'd sent my latest J/V writing to my work account as an attachment, but it's...not here. That's disconcerting. It didn't get spam-filtered. Wouldn't it be awful if I sent it by accident to a different but still valid company account? It seems unlikely, but I will worry about this now all day. Plus, I can't post anything. Which is probably for the best, because it forces me to focus on work. But where's the fun in that?

You know, my life could be worse. I could have stumbled across evidence of a global criminal organization and been targeted for assassination and been saved only by posing as a heroin addict in a well-publicized bust, thereby losing my well-paying job and being forced to fill salt shakers for friends.

o.O

Good morning.

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angela_o on June 15th, 2005 04:49 pm (UTC)

You know, my life could be worse. I could have stumbled across evidence of a global criminal organization and been targeted for assassination and been saved only by posing as a heroin addict in a well-publicized bust, thereby losing my well-paying job and being forced to fill salt shakers for friends.

Now *that's* looking on the bright side. :)

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entrenous88 on June 15th, 2005 04:58 pm (UTC)

Good morning. Good luck with your meeting. Look at it this way, at least you'll be on the other side of it by the afternoon. If it was Monday, you wouldn't have to do it, but then it would loom. And nothing is worse than a looming meeting.

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eliade on June 15th, 2005 05:01 pm (UTC)

And nothing is worse than a looming meeting.

LOOMING CLOWNS!

I'm just saying.

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entrenous88 on June 15th, 2005 05:08 pm (UTC)

Hee, don't make me think of the Jack Handy one about the clowns. I'll be saying it all day long, and my coworkers will be grumpy.

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flambeau on June 15th, 2005 05:09 pm (UTC)

You can fill my saltshaker any day, toots.

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trepkos on June 15th, 2005 05:52 pm (UTC)

And pepper my potatoes!

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julia_here on June 15th, 2005 05:19 pm (UTC)

Meetings...

Oh, well, here's hoping you don't burst into tears with the effort of not throttling your supervisor when he lists concerns about your job performance that all come down to not being able to be two places at once.

Julia, y'canna change the laws of physics, laws of physics, y'canna change the laws of physics, laws of physics, Jim!

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eliade on June 15th, 2005 06:01 pm (UTC)

Oh, no--I meant that *in* two hours I have a meeting with him, and in that time I have to prep. ;)

It *is* two days closer to Friday, that's true. I have a happy for that, at least. :)

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trepkos on June 15th, 2005 05:53 pm (UTC)

Waiting with you on tenterhooks (what are those anyway?)...

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ruthless1 on June 15th, 2005 06:18 pm (UTC)

I always imagine them as the little itty bitt claws that bats have on the ends of their creepy little bat fingers. But I could be wrong....

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trepkos on June 15th, 2005 06:24 pm (UTC)

...except that bats are cute, not creepy...

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julia_here on June 15th, 2005 10:20 pm (UTC)

Tenterhooks are the things you attatch freshly woven cloth to, to stretch it true and flat.

Julia, fountain of utterly useless information

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trepkos on June 15th, 2005 10:23 pm (UTC)

Well thank you!
Not useless - it may help me win a quiz one day!

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herself_nyc on June 15th, 2005 06:28 pm (UTC)

You know, my life could be worse. I could have stumbled across evidence of a global criminal organization and been targeted for assassination and been saved only by posing as a heroin addict in a well-publicized bust, thereby losing my well-paying job and being forced to fill salt shakers for friends.

Ya know, you really could. Glad to see you have some perspective, babe.

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sua_lay on June 15th, 2005 10:46 pm (UTC)

Hmmm... This means I won't come back to your LJ every fifteen minutes and press 'reload'. Gah, it means I need to actually do something else.

Maybe I should get a life or something... *rushes to eBay to get one*

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eliade on June 15th, 2005 11:04 pm (UTC)

I'll probably post tonight, around 11:00ish my time (if not sooner). :) I feel fairly confident saying that, and if I don't post, you can, um...TOSS PUPPIES AT ME, AIYEE, DEADLY PUPPIESSSSS!

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sua_lay on June 15th, 2005 11:08 pm (UTC)

Whoo! That means I actually have a reason to stay up all night and read... er... culture stuff.

*hides*

But what if you actually want to have me toss puppies at you? It could be like a kink or something! I toss a puppy at you and you like it so much you never update again!

*grabs a kitten instead*

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eliade on June 15th, 2005 11:21 pm (UTC)

Oh my god--KITTEN! It is so cute. *whimper* I'm not sure tossing it at me will work, I'm afraid.

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eliade on June 16th, 2005 06:34 am (UTC)

I'm not actually posting tonight as it turns out, and on the off chance that you were seriously waiting up, I am telling you...go to bed! *kiss*

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sua_lay on June 16th, 2005 01:26 pm (UTC)

Hah! I fell asleep in front of the computer, mouse still in hand, the cursor hovering over 'reload'...

Well, this just means I have something to look forward to. I'm usually a very impatient person so this will give me a chance to grow!

:D

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exsequar on June 15th, 2005 11:11 pm (UTC)

POOR WILL. *pets him*

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eliade on June 16th, 2005 06:34 am (UTC)

Oh my god--your icon cracks me the hell up!!! *loves*

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exsequar on June 16th, 2005 06:38 am (UTC)

Teehee I love it... Will's expression there was SO over the top. :D Hilarious.

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raqs on June 16th, 2005 02:05 am (UTC)

I could have stumbled across evidence of a global criminal organization and been targeted for assassination and been saved only by posing as a heroin addict in a well-publicized bust, thereby losing my well-paying job and being forced to fill salt shakers for friends.

if i didn't have to go to MY crap job every day, i'd have time to write that movie.

i bet it would sell, too.

it's the ending that makes it.

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raveninthewind on June 16th, 2005 09:51 pm (UTC)

I had my 1:1 today, too. And it's annual review time, so I am stressing.

*tries to think up convincing reasons I need a merit pay increase and bonus*

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